Thursday, 5 June 2014

Interview with Nicole S. Patrick of the Timeless Escapes Anthology...

1)Did you
set any goals for 2014?

One
of my goals was to sit down and write every day. Well…that’s not quite happening, but I try to get down some
sort of words every other day. LOL. I make that mental To Do list at night and
try to stick with it for the following day.

2)How long does it take you
to write a 50,000-60,000 word manuscript?

I’m a
fairly fast writer, so writing these short stories for the Timeless books,
which are approximately 15K, took me a week or two in total for the first
drafts. The first draft of a full-length book may take me a few months.

4)Tell us
about a new author you’ve recently discovered

NJRW
member and a good friend, DC Stone writes kick butt romantic suspense.

5)Name two
romances you’ve read more than once

Lynn
Kurland’s, A Garden In the Rain. I love her sweet time travels books about
Scotland, and JR Ward’s Lover Eternal—Rhage and Mary are my favorite couple in
her Black Dagger Brotherhood series.

6)Tell us
about your first car. HA! It was a POS! I drove a 1979 Pontiac Grand Prix. It
was metallic blue with T-tops, which leaked like a sieve whenever it rained,
but boy did I think I was the bomb in that car. Me, the car, and my big hair. Ahh..the eighties were fun!

7)Tell us
something you’ve lied about?

I
try not to do that. However, I do still tell my kids that Santa brings them
gifts on Christmas…so…I guess that counts.

8)Kissing
in public? Yes or no?

Sure.

About Nicole S. Patrick:

Nicole S. Patrick has always loved to read, and in her teenage years, she “borrowed” her mom’s books to sneak away and become lost in the world of romance. After more than ten years in the corporate world of tech recruiting and HR management, she decided to stay home and raise children. But with so many romantic stories and characters floating around in her head, when the kids napped, she was compelled to put those words on a page and pursue this crazy dream of becoming published. Nicole writes romantic suspense and her heroes are those alpha males in uniform. She lives in New Jersey with her real-life hero, her husband, and her two sons.

For more information about Nicole on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Nicole S. Patrick, www.twitter.com/NicoleSPatrick, or please visit her website at www.nicolespatrick.com.

Timeless Escapes: A Collection of Summer Stories

Ruth A. Casie, Lita Harris, Emma Kaye, Nicole S. Patrick, Julie Rowe

Introduction by Roxanne St. Claire

Genre:
Contemporary, Time Travel, Military, Medical Romances

Publisher:
Timeless Scribes Publishing

Date of
Publication: May 29, 2014

ISBN:
978-0-9910520-2-8

Number of
pages: 280

Word
Count: 68,000

Cover
Artist: Julie Schroeder Designs

Book Description: Escape to the
Virgin Islands where the bonds of marriage are renewed, friends become lovers,
and new love is given a chance to thrive.

Ruth
A. Casie ~ Second Chance by the Sea Married for ten years,
she and her husband have grown apart. When they go back to the Virgin Islands
for a family funeral, they find their marriage was never registered. Will an
impending disaster be the final straw that breaks them up or will it rekindle
their love and send them back to the altar for a second chance?

Lita
Harris ~ Chasing Fireflies Soured on love by a recent breakup,
a travel agent with a fear of flying and open water takes a trip to the U.S
Virgin Islands. She meets a boat captain who challenges her fears. Will she
survive her breakup and find happiness in the arms of another man?

Emma
Kaye ~ In Her Dreams When an author escapes to the Virgin Islands to
work on her latest book, she’s swept back in time to Regency England and must
decide whether the love she finds with an English lord is real or only in her dreams.

Nicole
S. Patrick ~ Poseidon’s Strength A beloved hero’s death leads his sister and his best friend, who
have never seen eye-to-eye, to discover that helping family can be
their happy medium, and possibly lead them to uncover a love that's meant to
be.

Julie
Rowe ~ A Pirate’s Vacation A
doctor grieving the death of her husband, buys a B&B in the Virgin Islands
in need of a lot of fixing. Her old flame arrives to help with repairs, but
will she let him heal her shattered heart?

Second Chance by the Sea

Ruth A. Casie

Married
for ten years, a couple at odds find their marriage was never registered. Will
an impending disaster be the final straw that breaks them up or will it
rekindle their love and send them back to the altar for a second chance?

About Ruth A. Casie:

A
seasoned professional with more than twenty-five years of writing experience in
communications and marketing for a large financial institution, she gave way to
her inner muse and began writing a series of historical fantasy romance and
contemporary romance novels. Ruth is published by Carina Press and Harlequin
Books.

When
not writing you can find her home in Teaneck, New Jersey, reading, cooking,
doing Sudoku and counted cross-stitch. Together with her husband, Paul, they
enjoy ballroom dancing and going to the theater. Ruth and Paul have three grown
children and two grandchildren. They all thrive on spending time together. It’s
certainly a lively dinner table and they wouldn’t change it for the world.

Soured
on love by a recent breakup, a travel agent with a fear of flying and open
water takes a trip to the U.S Virgin Islands. She meets a boat captain who
challenges her fears. Will she survive her breakup and find happiness in the
arms of another man?

About Lita Harris:

Lita
Harris spends her time between New Jersey and the Endless Mountains
region of Pennsylvania, where she writes most of her books. She
also lived in Alaska for a short time just for
fun. An avid crafter, unused supplies clutter her basement and
attempts at making pottery, jewelry, and stained glass
are proudly displayed in her house, usually behind a picture or
holding a door open. She also makes candles and homemade
soap. With enough books to stock a small library she may need to construct
a building to store her literary obsessions.

She writes in multiple genres, including women’s
fiction, contemporary romance, paranormal, and cozy mysteries. For more
information about Lita, please visit her website at www.LitaHarris.com or at twitter.com/litaharris and facebook.com/litaharrisauthor.

In Her Dreams
Emma Kaye

When an
author escapes to the Virgin Islands to work on her latest book, she’s swept
back in time to Regency England and must decide whether the love she finds with
an English lord is real or only in her
dreams.

About Emma Kaye:

Emma Kaye is married to her high school sweetheart
and has two beautiful kids that she spends an insane amount of time driving
around central New Jersey. Before ballet classes and tennis entered her life,
she decided to try writing one of those romances she loved to read and
discovered a new passion. She has been writing ever since. Add in a playful
puppy and an extremely patient cat and she’s living her own happily ever after
while making her characters work hard to reach theirs.

Julie Rowe’s first career as a medical
lab technologist in Canada took her to the Northwest Territories and northern
Alberta, where she still resides. She loves to include medical details in her
romance novels, but admits she’ll never be able to write about all her medical
experiences because, “No one would believe them!” In addition to writing
contemporary and historical medical romance, and fun romantic suspense for
Entangled Publishing and Carina Press, Julie has a short story in The Mammoth
Book of ER Romance (September 2013). Her book Saving the Rifleman (book one of
the War Girls series) won the novella category of the 2013 Gayle Wilson Award
of Excellence. Her writing has also appeared in several magazines such as
Today’s Parent, Reader’s Digest (Canada), Canadian Living, and Romantic Times
Magazine.